Empowering high-performing women executives to lead like rockstars. Advising the companies they aspire to lead at the intersection of tech, culture & business.

Sometimes a speaker can energize an entire room simply by her presence, and when Michelle takes the stage, that’s exactly what you get. From the first words into the microphone, Michelle lets the entire audience know that they’re in for something special.

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Author, 50 States, 100 Days

About

Leadership Development

In business, L. Michelle Smith has lived it.

She is the CEO/founder of no silos communications llc a media and consulting company that blends talent development and strategic communications to develop high-performing executive leaders with a specialty in women and women of color.

She is an ICF-certified executive and personal coach at her private practice, NSC Coaching, where she has worked with executives at American Express, Microsoft, Amazon, AT&T, Lenovo, Zapier, Bank of America, Google, Warner Media, CNN, Capital One and more. She is a go-to executive coach for the Executive Leadership Council as well as the lead trainer at NSC eLearning, a knowledge platform which houses online courses and other digital content for learning centered on leadership.

L. Michelle is also the author of the award-winning and best selling No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I’ll Just Include Myself: A Guide to Rockstar Leadership for Women of Color in the Workplace (two editions). She is now working on the second in the series: Yes Please: 7 Ways to Say I’m Entitled to the C-Suite, Secrets Women of Color Need to Know Now to Find Their Happy and Win in an Exclusive Corporate Culture (Sp 2022).

She is the creator, executive producer and host of The Culture Soup Podcast® which is heard in more than 70 countries, on nearly every continent.

Previously, she raced to the officer ranks in no time in her career, making vice president before the age of 30. Then she “fell” into entrepreneurship, marking her agency’s 7-figure sales milestone in year 5. She’s held officer-level positions for about half her career, but most recently answered the call at AT&T to build their D&I corporate communications capability from scratch. She did that in two years, then built another innovative, award-winning business model to compliment it, inclusion marketing.

She has more than 25 years of experience as an elite, award-winning communicator and integrated marketer at global agencies, in corporate and her own boutique agency.

She is one of the most-sought after contemporary keynote speakers, facilitators, panelists and hosts on topics surrounding technology, business and culture, and has been featured across the country on some of the most important stages across multiple industries. Previously a contributor to Black Enterprise, L. Michelle is an adjunct professor of strategic communications at the Texas Christian University Bob Schieffer College of Communications where she also sits on the Board of Visitors.

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In the Media

LMS Talks Jobs, Layoffs and Generations

Coach L. Michelle made a prediction about the the tech layoffs and have a perspective on how we should respond on @inspirationforthenationradio this morning.

Coach L. Michelle Talks Peace & Productivity on WFAA Good Morning Texas

If there is an “anti hustle culture crew,” headquarters is located squarely in my coaching community, and I am the ring leader. We get more done by working less… and smarter. And we strive for uber chill… Here is how…

3 ways leaders can improve the way they communicate in challenging situations (Fast Company)

This is especially important during times where much of the interactions we are having are virtual, and social and political issues arise at work—especially in a multigenerational and multicultural setting. By L. Michelle Smith—Zapier 8 minute Read The year was…

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